‘Free Agents’: Lionsgate Acquires Football-Themed Crime Drama!!

Lionsgate has preemptively acquired Free Agents, a football-themed crime drama from The Intruder director Deon Taylor, the studio announced Friday morning. Taylor and Joe Bockol wrote the script, which finds a group of professional football players turning to crime to get back at the owners who are exploiting and under paying them. Lionsgate envisions a high-octane film in the vein of Heat and The Town, though … Continue reading ‘Free Agents’: Lionsgate Acquires Football-Themed Crime Drama!!

‘Avengers: Infinity War’ Scores Biggest Opening Weekend of All-Time With $630M at the Worldwide BO!!!

Audiences assembled worldwide as Disney and Marvel’s Avengers: Infinity War broke both the domestic opening weekend box office record and worldwide opening record with a massive $250 million domestically and $630 million worldwide. In its wake, the majority of films on the weekend box office chart fell dramatically, though fellow Marvel Cinematic Universe release Black Panther improved its position from eighth place last weekend to … Continue reading ‘Avengers: Infinity War’ Scores Biggest Opening Weekend of All-Time With $630M at the Worldwide BO!!!

‘A Quiet Place’ Takes Back #1 Spot, As ‘I Feel Pretty’ and ‘Super Troopers 2’ Open Above Expectations at the BO!!

Early on it looked as if it might be a tight race for the weekend #1, and while the margin was slim, in the end A Quiet Place settled into the spot, topping last weekend’s champion Rampage. STX‘s I Feel Pretty settled into third over its debut weekend, delivering results a shade over expectations, narrowly topping the outstanding performance from Fox Searchlight‘s Super Troopers 2, … Continue reading ‘A Quiet Place’ Takes Back #1 Spot, As ‘I Feel Pretty’ and ‘Super Troopers 2’ Open Above Expectations at the BO!!

‘Rampage’ Tops Weekend as ‘A Quiet Place’ Continues Strong at the BO!!!

It was nearly an upset at the weekend box office, but Warner Bros. and New Line‘s Rampage was able to hold off a strong second weekend from Paramount‘s hit horror/thriller A Quiet Place to take the weekend’s #1 spot. But that doesn’t discount the fact A Quiet Place is less than $400k shy of topping $100 million domestically after just ten days in release. Additionally, … Continue reading ‘Rampage’ Tops Weekend as ‘A Quiet Place’ Continues Strong at the BO!!!